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Russ Ortiz struck out four and walked two in six innings. (Lori Shepler/AP)

By Brian McTaggart / MLB.com

A day after Mike Hampton's strange error contributed to a loss, reliever Alberto Arias committed two errors in the seventh, the second of which allowed the tying run. LaTroy Hawkins then surrendered a homer in the eighth, putting an end to a pair of frustrating losses.